Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 144, Decatur, Adams County, 17 June 1909 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat Published Every Evening, Except Sunday, by LEWG. ELLINGHAM. Subscription Rates Per week, by carrier 10 cents Per year, by carrier.. |s.®o Per month, by mail 25 cents Per year, by mail $2.50 Single copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second-class mail matter. J. h. HELLER, Manager A novel way of beating the public has just been discovered by the commissioners of Grant county. A pauper who has been supported for twenty years at the infirmary is found to have $2,500 in a savings bank. The man is described as not mentally very bright, but he seems to have been shrewd enough to get his living oft the tax-payers for a score of years. Today we are promised the opening gun at Ada, Minn., of a campaign for the formation of a new party to be known as the “LaFollette and Bryan” organization. It is expected to furnish a nucleus for the dissatisfied members of both the old parties—a sort of “insurgent” rallying point. The curious might ask why Bryan men should want another party. Is not the control of one through three national campaigns sufficient to gratify ambition? Pray, also, why is it LaFollette and Bryan? Do they expect the “peerless leader” to play second fiddle in LaFollette's concert? —South Bend Times. A local option election is being held today in Warrick county and it is said to have been the fiercest campaign of the kfnd ever held in the state. It is admitted that more than 60,000 circulars have been distributed over the county and when the local papers took up the fight for the drys, the wets immediately installed a plant of their own and both sides have said some mighty mean things about each other that will live long after the local option question has been peacefully laid aside. The wets are accusing the rural route carriers at Boonville, the county seat, with having destroyed a part of their literature after it had been mailed, and they are threatening all kinds of trouble. And so it goes. It will be a relief when the question has been decided in all the counties of. the state. FOR SALE —Fine Packard organ taken in exchange for Packard piano. Will sell at a bargain rather than ship. Good for beginners. Address Mr. T. T. Flynn, care Democrat. 144-6 t o “DOCTORS OF THE MASSES" is what one writer has termed proprietary medicines. Good, honest proprietary medicines like Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound succeed, and the homes of the masses are blessed by them,while those which are worthless or harmful soon drop out Thirty years of success in curing female ills is the record of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

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FARMERS ARMED IN FIELDS Fierce Feud Breaks Out Near Cowgill, Mo.—One Man Killed. Cowgill, Mo., June 17. —Farmers are , working in the fields near Taitsville, fifteen miles south of here, with 1 rifles swung over their shoulders. 1 This condition was caused by the 1 murder from ambush of Clyde Hat- * field, a young farmer, last Sunday, 1 and the shooting of Henry Berry by ’ night riders, Sunday, May 30. The feeling in Taitsville is that several men must die or move from the com- ’ munity before the feud ends and ■ peace is restored. Every house in the Taitsville district is supplied i with firearms. , o THEY BOUGHT LOTS I I Charles Hocker and Two Monroe Men Invest in I t Gary IT LOOKS GOOD To Them —Prof. Hocker Has Offers for Positions Charles Hocker of this city and Messrs. W. Newland and William Hendricks, of Monroe, returned yesterday from a several days’ business trip to Gary, Indiana, the new town which sprung up three years ago, and which has grown rapidly since. These gentlemen while at Gary purchased a number of lots in a choice addition and they will no doubt reap a good reward from their investment. Thougn but three years old, Gary has a population of twenty thousand and has great industrial assets which foretoken a great future. The proposition of investing in real estate looked good to the Adams county gentlemen and they liked the city very much. Prof. C. E. Hocker, who recently tendered his resignation as principal of the Decatur high school, has had a number of flattering offers of positions during the past fewweeks. For reasons of other business relations he has deferred consideration of the offers for some time. He has not as yet fully decided as to whether or not he will continue in pedagogy, but if he decides to he will have the choice of four offers. HE IS VERY ILL Jesse Buhler, Formerly of this City. Leaves for Mexico TO REGAIN HEALTH He is Again the Victim of Violent Hemorrhages

1 Seriously affected, and advised that a change of climate was the only recourse for regaining his health, Jesse Buhler, formerly of this city, has de- ■ sided to go to Mexico, where he hoped gain relief from a lung affection from I which he has suffered for some time. I ‘ Mr. Buhler, it will be remembered, suffered a long siege of pneumonia , last winter, and during his illness he was the victim of several hemorrhages. He partially recovered subsequently and it was thought that he was on the road to ultimate recovery. However, he soon began to decline and a short time ago he suffered hemorrhages again. His condition became very alarming and he decided to seek a more highly salu- . brious climate. Mr. Buhler, wife and baby had expected to go to Mexico last Tuesday, and all arrangements had been made for the trip, but when the time came his condition was so weakened that the physician advised that he could not withstand the long trip cod the idea was abandoned. The young man is in a critical condition, and no surprise would be caused to those conversant with his condition should death occur at most any moment, although his many friends are hoping that he will recover. The Citizens’ Telephone companv wants several operators. Inquire of the manager or chief operator. 138-.lt >

SOCIETY COLUMN Miss Bessie Schrock to Entertain the Thimble Club ! LADIES’ AID SOCIETY ______ I Os Evangelical Church to i i Hold Meeting—Other Social Items | On Saturday morning, on his return from Willshire, David Fortneyfound a large crowd of friends and > relatives had gatnered at his home. All came with baskets filled with good things to eat and we enjoyed a splendid dinner. Everything worked out as planned in making it a genuine surprise, it being the 67th anniversary of Mr. Fortney’s birth. He I received a number of appropriate presents. To make all complete the "picture man’’ arrived and took a snapshot of the home and guests. Following is a list of those present: Sam Fortney and wife of Dixon, Christ Fortney and wife of Pleasant Mills, Orlen Fortney, wife and children, John Custer and family, Mor gan Fortney and family of Monroeville, A. F. Fortney, Middle Point, 0.; Ethel Fortney, Middle Point, O.; Mr. and Mrs, Ross Hardjn and son Clyde of Decatur, Ida Chapman and family of Decatur, Grandma Ahr, daughter Nora, Decatur; Mrs. Hunsicker, Decatur: Mrs. Mary Ahr and children, Decatur; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Brown and daughter Nellie, Harry Brown and wife, Mrs. Alleger, Marion, Ind * * * The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Evangelical church will hold a public meeting the first Thursday evening in July. Each member of the society will tell her experience in earning a dollar which she. will pay into the treasury. Sometimes the experiences, when told, are amusing. Perhaps the program which will be given will be one of the best for some time. At any rate preparations are being made which promise a most successful meeting. The members of the society extend an invitation to their friends and neighbors to be present at this experience meeting. ♦ ♦ ♦ Mrs. C. A. Dugan has just returned from Richmond, where she attended a meeting of the alumni and others who had attended Earlham college. The festivities this year were greater than usual, as the fiftieth anniversary of the institution was celebrated. The campus was visited by a large number of people, who went through the old familiar halls and to add to their pleasure they saw so many of their old classmates there, who now were men of note in the world. Mrs. Dugan attended the college a year. During the week she attended most of the commencement exercises. The baccalaureate sermon was delivered by William Oxley Thompson, president of Ohio State university. The class address was delivered by Prof. , Rogers of Yale. Commencement evening and on class day “As You Like It’’ w-as given. As the Romans did centuries ago so those in charge se lected a rolling landscape, and on

the side of a hill seats were erected with the stage lowered. Here the play was performed and everybody enjoyed It Just before commencement festivities and the usual alumni gathering, Mr. and Mrs. Dugan enjoyed the pictures displayed in the galleries of the Garfield building. The former attended a card party given by Mrs. P. W. Smith. On completing this eventful week, Mrs Dugan came home, thinking it one ot the most pleasant weeks of her life in the recalling of old associates and oldtime college days. * * * Mrs. L. G. Ellingham in a leter tells that she and Winnifred Ellingham

were entertained by Miss Fannie Frisinger at Bloomington. During the meeting of the editorial association, Mrs. Ellingham and daughter attended, and they were entertained Friday evening for dinner by Miss Frisinger at her chapter house. She is a member of the Delta Gamma sororiety and her guests enjoyed the evening greatly. The Greek letter fraternities and sororities give the students the advantages of home life and self government It happened to be visitors’ night and they had the pleasure of meeting some of the finest young men in Indiana. Mrs. Ellingham says “There is no reason in the world why boys and girls with the right stuff in them cannot have a university education. Or why parents need fear to trust their children at the State University. The people of Indiana should be proud of such an institution, and the work it is doing, and give it hearty support

The Thimble Club will hold their meeting with Miss Bessie Schrock tomorrow afternoon. o WILL WED HIS AFFINITY Wife Secures Divorce and Husband Gets License for Co-Respondent. Bluffton, Ind., June 17. —A license was issued here yesterday for the . marriage of Firmin B. Rose, formerly a conductor on the Fort Wayne & Wabash Traction company, and Miss Grace Ellen Gerwig, a daughter of i Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gerwig, of this city. The girl was named by Mrs. Rose No. 1 as co-respondent in a suit for divorce a few months ago. She secured her divorce at Huntington, but she evidently pleased Rose in finest style by her procedure, for he straighway came here and secured a license to wed his affinity. o HE WANTS A WIFE John Grant, a Wealthy Nevada Miner, Would Wed Giri from Indiana HIS ADVERTISEMENT Tells of His Good Qualities and Tells What He Expects in Way of Bride John W. Grant, of Truckee, California, is in search of a wife, and he would like to have an Indiana girl for his bride. In his letter to us he states that he formerly lived in the hoosier state and that is the reason he is seeking here for the girl who will make him happy during the rest of his natural life. He is a miner and claims to be worth a comfortable fortune which he accumulated in the Nevada gold fields. He is only thir-ty-four years old, a bachelor, has good health and character and some accomplishments. His paid •ad”ertisement can be found in another column and by reading. It you will note that all he requires is that the lady of his choice be not less than eighteen nor more than thirty, is fair looking and has good common sense, attributes which we guarantee in any selection he might make in this county. He also adds that he will have no particular objection to taking a widow to share his joys and sorrows. He has arranged that he and his bride shall settle down in one of the beautiful valleys of California. Girls, why tarry? WAS BOUND OVER Kurt Johnson Will Answer Burglary Charge in the Circuit Court FIXED BOND AT SSOO He Entered a Plea of Not Guilty But Evidence Warranted Detention ' Kurt Johnson, ex-convict of the , Jeffersonville reformatory, and now i a prisoner in the Adams county jail, i where he is detained upon the charge ■ of burglary, was given a hearing last i night before Mayor France, where, ! after the presentation of convincing i evidence he was bound over to the, I circuit court with bond fixed In the sum of SSOO. Johnson was taken before the mayor at seven-thirty o'clock

and asked as to his guilt he responded, “I didn't take the stuff.” Marsnal Butler was then placed on the stand and he, as well as Policeman Fisher and T. C. Corbett, testified as to the , identification of the goods which wasj recovered on the premises of Horace Botthoff. Johnson seems the. least worried of all the parties concerned in the action. It has been reported that he has given away chewing gum to many people since the burglary, and there is much evidence which without a doubt will easily bring about a conviction of this young man who has had no regard for law and order. It is improbable that Johnson will attempt to secure bail. o ■ RAY LAMPHERE NOT DYING Michigan City, Ind., June 17. —Officials of the state prison here say the condition of Ray Larnphere is ■ not more serious than it was six ’ weeks ago, and that he is not near death from tuberculosis. j

ENLARGE CONCERN Cement Block Factory Un-j der Course of Improvement DO BIG BUSINESS J. B. Holthouse of this City is a Partner in Firm The Bluffton Cement Block factory in which John B. Holthouse is a partner, is under a course of improvement at present, which will greatly add to. the facilities of the plant. The output of the concern has increased until more room is needed. The Bluffton Banner has the following to say in regard to the business concern: Work was started yesterday on a large addition to the factory of the Bluffton cement company, on west Ohio street. With the increase in the output of the concern in the past year, the owners, Messrs. Holthouse & Markley, have found their present quarters too small for the work. The new building will be 10x80 feet and two stories high. The site for the addition will be just south of the present large cement block building. The new structure, which will be made entirely of cement, will be fitted with the most modern of heating and drying apparatuses and when completed will make the factory one of the most up-to-date in this section of the state. Since the factory was started in this city two years ago the output of the cement blocks, shingles and drain tile has made a rapid increase and the factory now employes from eighteen to twenty men. This force will be increased at the completion of the addition. .— — o COURT HOUSE NEWS Monroe Street Improvement Case on Trial at Fort Wayne Today OTHER COURT NOTES A Church Election at Geneva Recorded—Two Marriage Licenses Issued Quite a number of Decatur people interested in the construction of a macadam and brick pavement on Monroe street at the expense of the township, went to Fort Wayne this morning, where the case which is entitled Jane Woods et al, ei parte, will be heard on the remonstrance which was filed by a number of people who object The attorneys in the case are Hooper & Lenhart, A. P. Beatty and C. L. Walters for the petitioners and Peterson & Moran for the remonstrators. The case is io be heard in circuit court there * * * James W. Watkins, administrator to Mary Watkins, 40 acres in St. Marys township, $3,110. * * * A certificate was filed at the county recorder’s office, showing the election of M. E. Hutton, J P Scheer, I. N. Veley, G. B. Linton, A. G. Briggs, F. J. McWhinney, O. Haviland, W. D. I Cross and S. W. Hite as trustees of the M. E. church at Geneva and K. L. Poer C. O. Payne, C. F. Fink and W. B. Shepherd as trustees of the Geneva M. E. parsonage. The certificate is signed by Rev. C. U. Wade, D. D., district secretary of the quarterly conference. * * * i Marriage licenses were issued to John Schlabach, aged 26, a hardware man from Canton, Ohio, to Ellen Mosser, aged 30, daughter of Solomon Mosser of Hartford township; and to William S. Eicher, aged 26, a Hartford township farmer, to Hazel Pontius, aged 18, daughter of Sylvester Pontius of Hartford township. o ■■ A BARGAIN IN HORSES—READ I have for sale a pony mare, three years old and colt, lady broke, can be safely handled by children, also, buggy and harness. Cheap. Also have several head of work horses, good for any purpose. Just, the thing i * for your work. Buy at once and secure bargains. These will go within a few days. Look after it at once. 1142-6 t John W. Meibers, Decatur.

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IN BUSY GENEVA (Continued from page 1.) tion of independence by Hon. Jacoo Butcher of this place, recitation by Miss Goldie Fink and other numbers of song, etc. In the afternoon will occur foot races, bicycle races, a ladies’ hitching contest, and a big real for sure balloon ascension at six o’clock. A great display of fireworks in the evening. Another feature of the day will be the presenting of rocking chairs to the two oldest couples present at the celebration, this to include the whole county, in fact the whole state and nation. The affair occurs July 3rd. —— . Geneva and Pleasant Mills and Monroe are ail going to celebrate the Fourth. Decatur hasn't had the fever for some years.

CASH PAYS RENT! Why not apply your cash on the purchase of a home? Acre tracts, small farms, *r city properties at bargain prices. Here are a sample properties, and now is the time to secure bargains by calling «» SNOW AGENCY, Decatur, Ind

741—1 s a story and a half, five-room house with stable, drove well, two lots on Oak street $725.00 775—1 s a comfortable five-room cottage on south Ninth stret, cistern. Park, garden, etc... 5850.00 755-Is a comfortable seven-room 1 cottage, on Tenth street, grained wood finish, citern and city wa--74^ lß t * flT '’ room ' KOOd city fl“ »h era . W ‘ ter> natUril Wood 77«-I. , new ■onth Line street; cistern, coal house drove well, on sewer, etc, nice front porch it inn rm 77 crttar* We " loCated BeTen ’ro«m ’ te« T Kra ‘ ne<! ° nlßh - 600(1 Cis7^"tte a T* tW °’‘ tor7 S CCrner of Jefferson and ' Sovewn Wck «>««walH. nt vA el ’ “** ho ’ ,ae ’ etc - *1,656.00 ' ™-? 2 7 «-Are three new a." large list, of e fty

ATTENTION! All persons having empty beer bottles belonging to Wm. Mersman should please return them at once, as he is in great need of them. WM. MERSMAX. o — NOTICE OF H. T. D. ASSOCIATION The Adams Co. Detective Association will convene in regular quarterly session in Decatur, Ind, Saturday, June 19th, 1909, in Grand Army ba.l at 9 o’clock a. m. All members are hereby requested to be at this session to receive Important instructions and the incoming of new members. T. F. Durkin, Pres. 141-3 t Jno. D. Stults, Secy. Ask for Alien’s Foot-Eaae. A powder for swollen, tired, hot, smarting feet. Sample sent Free. Also Fra eSample of tha Foot-Ea* 0 Sanitary Corn-Pad, a new invention. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy N. Y.

desirable residence properties o* north Third street a* $2300.00 and $2,500.00. In acre tracts and small farms *• can now offer you: 760—1 s a one-acre tract just cuts' * of the corporation of Decatur,, ha* a small frame house, good well 0 water, fine lot of fruit trees, etc, $456.00. 777—18 an acre and a quarter t on the pike road, just west cf city. Has good frame cottag® large cellar, stable, fruit trees, den, $656 754—1 san were and a quarter tr»c on brisk street In north Decs-' comfortable house with cellar, d« well, stable, etc. 743—18 a fifteen acre tract o» “ traction line north of Dec * tur ’y. near the station, has good Ings and nice location .. • -* 2, 771—1a a good small farm of twrv. acres; is on the stoned road, ’ school, and has comfortable c house; is a good grade of * t2.SSC.Oa farm properties for further